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Industry Foxes Invited Into UK Dept. of Health's Henhouse
By Andrew Schneider - AOL News
(Nov. 15) -- The U.K. Department of Health is putting leading makers of fast foods, booze, soda, candy and cereals smack in the middle of writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease, according to published reports. "The government is seeking advice on diet and health from the very businesses that aggressively market fatty, sugary and salty foods. This will do nothing to help slow down the rate of childhood obesity," Jackie Schneider of the Children's Food Campaign told AOL News in an e-mail today. Schneider's organization is part of Sustain, which represents about ...
The Twinkie Diet: Nutrition Professor Goes on Monthlong Junk Food Binge
By Larry Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 8) -- It's an experiment rich in irony and saturated fats: A Kansas State University nutrition professor will eat little more than Twinkies and Nutty Bars over the next several weeks in an attempt to disprove common beliefs about nutrition. Mark Haub, 40, associate professor in K-State's Department of Human Nutrition, began a 30-day junk food marathon on Aug. 25. He is living on a diet of high-calorie, high-fat foods, such as snack cakes, powdered doughnuts and sticky buns, to show that foods commonly regarded as junk can actually help people lose weight. So far, so good. Since the ...
Study: Kids Still Feasting on Junk Food Ads
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(July 5) -- For kids, the appeal of sweets, sugary sodas and artery-clogging burgers has a lot to do with their exposure to advertising -- they see it, they want it. And despite ongoing efforts from federal health agencies and advocacy groups, children are still seeing too much televised promotion of unhealthy foods. That's the message from a new study, to be published in the September issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, that sought to evaluate the content of food advertising aimed at children, and to gauge changes in ad exposure from 2003 to 2007. YouTube A McDonald's ...
Study: Cartoon Packaging Plays Tricks on Children's Tastebuds
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyIn a study that will come as no surprise to parents of tantrum-throwing tots everywhere, researchers have concluded that kids prefer the taste of food in packages decorated with recognizable cartoon characters. A team at Yale University tested the theory on 40 children, aged 4 to 6. The kids were given bites of carrots, graham crackers and gummy snacks from unlabeled packages and from packages labeled with popular cartoon characters Dora the Explorer, Scooby-Doo and Shrek. No matter the packaging, the snacks were identical. But kids preferred the cartoon-labeled snacks -- not only in ...
Tax Sugary Drinks? New Yorkers Say 'No' but Leave Some Wiggle Room
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe idea of imposing taxes on sugary drinks has popped up in several cities and states as a way to counter unhealthy habits -- and raise money for revenue-strapped governments. That has people (and businesses) up in arms in many of these places. By one measure, opposition runs high in New York state. A Quinnipiac University poll, conducted April 6, said voters oppose such a proposal by Gov. David Paterson 66 percent to 31 percent. Paterson's proposal calls for a penny-an-ounce tax that the state Budget Office said would raise $1 billion a year and reduce soda consumption by 15 ...
White House Pushes to Rid Schools of Junk Food
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyBake sales and class parties are exempted, but unhealthy junk foods would be removed from school cafeterias and vending machines under a White House push beginning this week. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wants legislation aimed at reducing obesity among young people by ridding the nation's schools of sugary sodas, candy bars and french fries. School vending machines and cafeterias would be required to have more nutritious offerings, the Associated Press reported. The measure would also increase spending for the government's school breakfast and lunch programs. It's expected to be ...
Public Says Obesity a Problem, but Opposes a Junk Food Tax
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhile nearly all Americans consider obesity to be a very or somewhat serious public health problem, a big majority opposes a tax on junk food and doesn't believe such a tax would encourage people to lose weight, according to a CBS News poll conducted Dec. 17-22. Fifty-seven percent of those polled said obesity was a very serious problem for Americans and 38 percent regarded it as somewhat serious. But 60 percent oppose a tax on junk food as a solution and 72 percent don't believe such a tax would encourage people to lose weight. ...
Fast Food Nation: How Much Can Americans Stomach?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- Alex and I posted yesterday on how much our recent vacations made us appreciate America. But much as I was gratified by the outpourings of (all-American!) friendliness following my post, I must come clean and say that not all is well with my home country. Among the things that irked me during my two-week stint on the East Coast was the continuing dominance of the fast food industry. ...
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